Mia Lopez Official Blog

February 25, 2012

2012-03-03T10:58:00.004-08:00

Quite a late post, sorry about that. I`ll still refer to the event as if it just happened though. Today was our scheduled photo shoot with some of Nickle`s friends. I`ve been introduced to them before, online of course and they became my friends as well. The photographers were Jepoy and RJ [I heard they were the one of the people responsible for 1:43`s fame] Jezzel [Euri] and Rochelle [the lady photographers] Amcel [the one who set up the venue and I think some of the equipment if not all] Andrew [Siopao] and Glen. Glen was supposed to be one of the models but he declined. Oh well. Nickle was there too and she took shots of us as well since she`s a "frustrated everything". This isn`t my first photo shoot with the photographers but it was my first time after a long while working with other models. The models were me; Mica, my sister; Loise, one of my best friends; and Angela Gonzales, Nickle`s new talent. The purpose for this photo shoot was for the models to have photos for their portfolio as well as practice for the photographers.

While waiting for the photographers to arrive. It was so bright. @_@
Mica, Loise, moi, and Angela~

We woke up at six a.m. to get ready. Me, being the prepared person I am, stuffed everything I could find in my closet that could be used and put it all in my bag. Call time was at eight a.m. but we left late. We thought we were late but when we arrived, none of the photographers were there yet. The shoot was held at a residence along TESDA. We went in the house so we could get ready right away. Me, Angela and Loise put on our own makeup since the only makeup artist available was expensive. Our make up didn`t register well in the photographs in my opinion or at least the make up I put on myself. To make the long story short [because I don`t like making too long; didn`t read posts] we wore different things and shot at different parts of the house. Loise had to go home early though because she had a debut to attend so she doesn`t have that many shots. I wore goth. I don`t really know if I did well in that part of the shoot. I tried to look creepy or something but I think I failed.

Roof shoot

My sister is a natural model. She even poses in her sleep.
I kid you not.

Angela in action~

Goth shoot. I wasn`t wearing proper goth makeup ;__;

I think we got some pretty good shots. HOPEFULLY we got some good shots because even I haven`t seen them. The photographers are only posting behind the scenes [BTS] pictures as of now because they have a plan for the pictures and they`ll be launching [posting] them some time in the future but as of now, it`s confidential. [For their eyes only apparently.]

February 24, 2012

2012-02-26T09:08:00.001-08:00

I`m actually blogging this three days later so my memory`s not as good anymore.

So last Saturday, me and Nickle went to GMA with my best friend Loise for a VTR. We met Nickle`s new talent Angela Gonzales in GMA a few minutes after arrival. We tried going to the radio station to say hello to Kuya Germs since he has a radio show there and hoping we could introduce Anj as well. He wasn`t around though but tito John Fontanilla was there and he informed us that there was different VTR for a new show [I can`t say which though] so we went to the audition.

Angela, Loise, and I

The script was pretty easy to memorize since we had a few lines and they were pretty short so I was confident. But not so confident because whenever I feel like I`m going to nail this, I end up messing up because nothing goes right when I want it. When we had everything memorized, the guy auditioning us approached and said that since there are not a lot of guys who came to audition, we`ll be doing impromptu acting. We`ll be given a scene and we`ll have to act out our given parts. Anj went first. When she finished, she told me she had to do a sort of monologue. I think it`s because she`s a public speaker so she gave them a sample of what she`s got. The second thing they made her do was to act as if she was a spoiled brat and that her maid [the guy auditioning her] ruined the dress that she was going to wear. Her signature line was "Alam mo ba na masmahal ang damit na ito kaysa sa kita mo sa isang taon?" or something like that.

It was soon my turn and I was so nervous. They were going to make me do two scenes as well. The first scene was they were going to make me feel like I was being oppressed and the second scene was they were going to make me act like a villain. The scene that was given to me was I had to play a rape victim and I had to appeal to the judge that the guy [the guy auditioning me] raped me. At first he was saying stuff like "Ano yung ebidensya mo? What`s your proof? You`re just pointing fingers." I didn`t know what to do since I couldn`t think of an evidence so I kept saying "Hindi, ikaw yung kumuha ng virginity ko. Alam ko ikaw!" I kept repeating that same line and I felt so stupid. I felt like a broken record. I started laughing at myself, the kind of laugh you make when you`re defeated, that you can`t do anything anymore. "Ang hirap naman nito" I kept saying, trying to think of a new line. The guy started getting impatient so he switched it up. He started saying "Alam ko lang habol mo eh. Pera. Mapera ka lang. Binabayad ka lang eh. Do you know the word 'pokpok'? Ikaw yun." I used this to my advantage. I started internalizing and, surprisingly, I started welling up. I felt tears forming in my eyes. I can do this, I though. "Tingnan mo naman yung pananamit mo at sabihin mo sakin na di ka pokpok. [I was wearing shorts] Nanay mo rin pokpok pati na rin yung mga kapatid mo! Bayarang babae ka lang! Oh ano?" There was a moment of silence and "Hindi ako pokpok! Hindi ako ganong tao! Nirape mo ako! Kinuha mo yung virginity ko! Ikaw!" I was crying! I couldn`t believe it, actual whole tears were coming out of my eyes! I`m not a cry baby so this was really a shocker for me. Then they cut, he said "marunong ka pala umiyak eh! Kailangan ka lang awayin" They didn`t ask me to do the second scene anymore and they thanked me. I was so pleased with myself when I got out of that casting room.

Crying during an audition

+1000xp

After the audition, I felt so ecstatic. We met up with Nickle and Loise and we went to the VTR we came for in the first place. Apparently, they don`t accept walk in people anymore so you`ll have to get a schedule with them. It was fine though, at least going to GMA wasn`t a total loss.

While we were waiting for Anj`s friends

We waited for Angela`s friends to come pick her up and we headed for the recording studio to record a few songs so I can use them for my productions in Walang Tulugan. We got lost and found our way again and when we got to the place, they said that we`ll have to schedule an appointment. We didn`t know this so that was kind of a waste. We were heading home but since I didn`t feel like going home, we went to Greenbelt instead. Parking was a pain. We walked around and hung out and listened to Nickle`s exciting stories. We went to the garden place and had a mini photoshoot.

Legs. Fierce.

After which, I grabbed a cup of Chai latte and we headed home. We had to sleep really early because the day after this was our scheduled photoshoot with some Plurk friends. An end to a very busy day~

February 2-4, 2012

2012-02-05T04:08:00.000-08:00

On Thursday [February 2], I had to go to GMA to practice for dance productions that we are to perform the next day. Sadly, me, Kyle, Justine, Mara, Jak, Jacob and Grant [Justin Bieber] were the only ones who attended. The others had Tween Hearts taping, Earl had exams [which also explains why he wasn`t at taping] and Eian had stuff to do I guess. I wonder where Vince went.. Anyway, we were planning to dance two dances. Pretty hard work but we finally memorized everything and we all went home to get ready for tomorrow`s taping.

Come Friday was the taping for Walang Tulugan: 16th Anniversary Special. Can you believe this show has been running for sixteen years?! This taping was really long and tiring ~~that`s what she said.~~ I had to change from my red dress to my High School Musical costume only to find out that we`re not doing that production yet, so I had to change back to my red dress then change again to our other costume then wear the red dress again then change to the HSM costume then back to the red dress once more. As it turns out, we didn`t have time to dance the second dance that we learned. Hopefully we get to dance it for next taping. There were a lot of guests of course. Gab Valenciano stood out from all the rest because he dances so well! ~Boy you got my heartbeat running awayyy~ [No, he didn`t dance to that song]

~FANGIRLS~

I`m not familiar with the other guests though. Another highlight of the night was Shirley Fuentes`s dance number. That really heated things up.

A bit later, two of me and Nickle`s Plurk friends, Jepoy and Glen came over to visit us. They were going to treat us for pizza. Free pizza!

Glen, Jepoy and Shirley

We did the High School Musical production with Hiro, Kim, Teejay, Rhen, Upgrade and the dancers. Kuya Germs seemed to like it because it reminded him of That`s Entertainment days. I had a ~moment~ It felt so nice to hear the crowd going "Go Mia!" So flattering!

A lot of other things happened during taping but those that I`ve mentioned stood out the most. We finished taping at about 03:30 and I was tired! Tapings usually end at 01:30 at the latest. I didn`t even want to do the donors anymore because I was THAT tired. Plus I was already wearing my regular clothes and doing the donors meant that I had to change back to my red dress. No thank you! We went to Yellow Cab for an early breakfast and hung around till our pizza arrived.

I`M A DINOSAUR!

Two more Plurk friends [RJ and Kenneth] came over to join us. We left Yellow Cab at about 05:30 and we headed home. We arrived at about 07:00 and me and Nickle FINALLY got some rest. Even though I got very tired and stayed up all night, I felt really happy. I`m starting to enjoy this job. I hope we have more dance productions in the future.

Practice and memorize steps: +50xp

Have a solo moment in a production: +500xp

Survive another taping: +100xp

LEVEL UP!

January 27, 2012

2012-01-27T23:38:00.000-08:00

05:00.

That was the time when I ~~woke~~ started getting ready for school, hoping that things won`t be as hectic as I thought it would. I gathered my things and set off with my school`s athletes and went to AMA Quezon City for ANOTHER Inter-AMA. I was the muse and I had to go [and I don`t really know why since I don`t really do anything when I`m there. Yes, I`m the muse but the 'muse competition'`s finished so why even go right?]. Our team won two games and when I left for GMA, they started losing. Apparently I`m a good luck charm or something but that`s just me.

My classmates and I then took a taxi to GMA [since I`m not allowed to ride a taxi on my own] and I met with other co-hosts to record a High School Musical song for a production number for Walang Tulugan. Apparently I`m going to open the production and I`ll have to find two costumes and make my own dance moves. I`ll be needing a toga and a red and white cheerleader outfit. So help me God. I recorded my bit quickly and we left after a few hours.

We set off for the party that Ade Magnaye invited us to. We got lost on the way there because we went to Legaspi street[?] instead of Legaspi village. We were lucky, however, that those two places weren`t that far from each other. It was a Kung Hei Party with some bloggers and Plurk friends. I thought I would feel out of place since I don`t really know anyone there but it was all right. We all had to play a game where the hosts asks us questions and we would answer them. Problem was everyone in my group was pretty young and the questions they asked were like "Who starred in this 80s tv show.." We couldn`t answer them so ~~Kenneth~~ Amcel drew memes on our answer board thing so we have something to show instead of a blank board. We lost the game but it was all right. We got free stuff anyways so it wasn`t so bad :)

It was a pretty fun event and I went home happy. Glad I was able to go to the party and I hope I get invited to more events.

January 28, 2012

2012-01-27T20:55:00.000-08:00

Today, me and Nickle set off at around 13:30 to GMA for a meeting with the other co-hosts. The call time was 13:00 and we got there an hour later. We didn`t have anything else to do so we just ate at the canteen and afterwards went to the radio station so that Nickle can say hello to her what I call radio friends. When she bid farewell, it was still early and we didn`t want to go to Banchetto right away since it was closed so we hung around in the radio station a bit, taking pictures with the cardboard cutouts of famous people that were placed in the lobby.

Here`s one of the pictures. More here as well as a project I`m doing that`s totally unrelated right now but whatever.

I was a bit embarrassed posing for those pictures since people were passing by and some people in the radio station were watching us but I did them anyways. Then, some guy passed by with a cup of coffee in his hand and while we were goofing off in the lobby, he was watching us from the stairs that leads to another radio booth on the second floor and he suddenly said "you should come up here and visit us!" Me and Nickle were puzzled with his offer but Nickle said "Okay, later" [since taking man boob pictures with cardboard cutouts were more important.]

So when we were done, we hesitantly went up to the second floor to find the guy who invited us. Apparently he was Papa Baldo from 97.1. We hung out for a while in the booth, he was really welcoming and very friendly. He then told me that I was going to be interviewed for their program which caught me a bit off guard but all right. Papa Lolits, another radio DJ, came in a few minutes later and finally interviewed me on air. I definitely did not know what to say and I was really shy, I could have at least been more lively and made a few jokes on air but the interview was so quick and I really did not know what I was doing [a yaoming.jpg is appropriate here] so I just winged it. It was a good interview actually; they asked me if I had any shows, how old I was, who I was working with, etc etc which I answered well enough in my opinion. +400xp!

We said goodbye and set off for Banchetto! Arrived at about 19:00 and we walked all the way to Metrowalk since it was still early and we were feeling peckish. We went to Icebergs and had some ice cream. Since it was still early, we went around to browse at shops. We came across a sex shop and we decided to see what they had, out of curiosity I would like to clarify. They had really cute costumes and lingerie that.. I don`t even know. They sold.. a variety of things and we felt clueless, poking things and asking "what`s this?" A lady actually approached us and gave us a little talk about masturbation and how it is good for our bodies and the whole time I was thinking "#awkward". We did learn things from the lady though. She said that the reason why women tend to have moments when they can`t control their pee is from lack of orgasming since their privates haven`t had that much exercise. It was informative but still very awkward.

We got out of the shop [and I would like to add that we did not buy anything] and walked back to Banchetto. We waited in the car for a bit because Uno Burger`s burgers haven`t arrived yet. When it was finally time, Nickle bought the goods and we ate in the car. Which was a good idea too because the burger was big and peanut butter was smothered on it and it was impossible to eat it and not look like a ravenous animal who hasn`t eaten in days. I had a go at the peanut butter burger first, expecting to say 'it`s all right, nothing great' but when I took my first bite, I stared at Nickle and the words 'oh.my.god.' came out of my mouth. Nickle bit on hers too and it was the same reaction. It was a really good burger. You`ve never had a good burger unless you`ve had a peanut butter burger.

After eating, we set off for home and that concludes one great adventure.
I expect to have more great adventures with Nickle soon if we have the funds.